A good read

S.L. Price has a great story on Paul Pierce in this week's issue of Sports Illustrated.

Here's an excerpt to give you an idea on the quality of the piece:

"There stands Paul Pierce. The Celtics forward, once the seeming embodiment of what Jordan sneeringly called 'New Jack players' -- underachieving and self-involved, persona non grata with the national team after leading it to its implosion in 2002, bearer of a contract that will pay him $18,077,903 this season -- is hunched over. He's a wreck. Havlicek hands him the trophy, and Pierce dips his head onto the legend's right shoulder. Pierce lifts his head, tears streaming down his cheeks, and it suddenly becomes clear that we're witnessing a rare moment in modern sports: not market-tested, not spun, close to pure."